asafoetida
/ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə/
asafoetida noun: a resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
Noun
asafoetida (usually uncountable, plural asafoetidas)
- A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
- Nigh Whormoot are Duzgun, Laztan-De, and other Townes, where is got the best Assa-Fætida through all the Orient: the tree is like our brier in height, the leaves resemble Fig leaves, the root the Radish: the vertue had need be much, it stincks so odiously.1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, section II
- CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183
- Synonyms:
- asant, hing, devil's dung, stinking gum
asafoetida meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
asafoetida in Hindi
- resinous gum from wild fennel
- हींग hīṅg, हीँग hī̃g, हिंग hiṅg
asafoetida in Tamil
- resinous gum from wild fennel
- பெருங்காயம் peruṅkāyam
asafoetida in Marathi
- resinous gum from wild fennel
- हिंग hiṅga
asafoetida in Urdu
- resinous gum from wild fennel
- ہینگ hīṅg
More languagesFewer languages
- asafoetida in Bengali
- হিং hiṅ
- asafoetida in Telugu
- ఇంగువ iṅguva
- asafoetida in Malayalam
- കായം kāyaṁ
- asafoetida in Kannada
- ಇಂಗು iṅgu
- asafoetida in Gujarati
- હિંગ hiṅg
- asafoetida in Odia
- ହଂଗ୍ haṅg, ହିଙ୍ଗୁ hiṅgu
- asafoetida in Sanskrit
- हिङ्गु hiṅgu
- asafoetida in Sinhala
- පෙරුංකායම් peruṁkāyam
- asafoetida in Nepali
- हिङ hiṅ
- asafoetida in Pashto
- انجه anja
- asafoetida in Tagalog
- inggo, asapetida
- asafoetida in Arabic
- حِلْتِيت ḥiltīt
- asafoetida in Persian
- انگدان angodân, انگژد angožad, رافه râfe, هنگ hing
- asafoetida in Thai
- มหาหิงคุ์
- asafoetida in Myanmar
- ရှိန်းခို hrin:hkui
Synonyms of asafoetida
Forms of asafoetida
| plural | asafoetidas |
|---|---|
| alternative form | asafetida |
| alternative form | asfetida |
| alternative form | assafoetida |
| alternative form | assa-fœtida |
| alternative form (dated) | assafetida |
| alternative form (dated) | assa-fetida |
Origin of asafoetida
Late Middle English, from Medieval Latin asafoetida, from Persian ازا / آزا (azâ, âzâ, “mastic”) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus (“bad-smelling”).
Questions about asafoetida
- What does asafoetida mean?
- Asafoetida means a resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
- What is asafoetida in Hindi?
- Asafoetida in Hindi is हींग (hīṅg), हीँग (hī̃g), हिंग (hiṅg). See Asafoetida meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is asafoetida?
- Asafoetida is a noun.
- How do you pronounce asafoetida?
- Asafoetida is pronounced /ˌæsəˈfɛtɪdə/.
- What is the plural of asafoetida?
- The plural of asafoetida is asafoetidas.
Words near asafoetida in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: asafoetida (page history and authors); হিং (Bengali) (page history and authors); ହଂଗ୍ (Odia) (page history and authors); පෙරුංකායම් (Sinhala) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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